d1870 "BENHAM & FROUD" Coal Box / Cellarette

Open fire or open fire with a good, deep red to hand. Dreamy. Depending on who you are, or aspire to be. The Gothic revival, ornate coal box or cellarette by “Benham & Froud” no less.

d1870. Originally advertised as “The ornamental coal box.. with mounts for other” (see original registration photos for box & mounts).

Exciting Note: I don’t think we’re going mad. Having studied the original registration photo by Benham & Froud. We feel the decorative grain, in places, matches our box. This suggests, it is one and the same box. How unlikely is that !!?? (up for discussion).

An entertaining eyeful with a presentation of having just been lifted from an old 19th century vicarage fireplace, then dropped onto the market place.